米国小売薬局におけるブプレノルフィンの利用可能性の動向, 2017-23年
Jenny S Guadamuz1, Sarah Axeen2, Dima Mazen Qato3
1Jenny S. Guadamuz, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
ブプレノルフィンを配給する米国の薬局の割合は2017年から2023年の間に33%から39%に増加した. しかし 貧しい地域や 少数民族の近所にある薬局では この重要な薬の配給が 少なくなりました
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 薬局の実践
- 薬物使用障害の治療
背景:
- ブプレノルフィンは オピオイド使用障害の治療に 重要な薬です
- ブプレノルフィンの公平なアクセスを確保することは,公衆衛生のイニシアチブにとって極めて重要です.
- 地理的・社会経済的格差は 十分に記録されています
研究 の 目的:
- 2017年から2023年までの米国の薬局によるブプレノルフィンの配給の動向を分析する.
- 異なる地理的および人口的地域におけるブプレノルフィンの利用の格差を調査する.
- 公平なブプレノルフィンのアクセスを妨げる可能性を特定する.
主な方法:
- 2017年から2023年までの全国の薬局データを活用した.
- 定期的にブプレノルフィンを配布している薬局の割合を調べた.
- 州,郡,地域社会経済および人種/民族の特徴に関連して配給パターンを分析した.
主要な成果:
- 研究期間中にブプレノルフィンを定期的に配布する米国薬局の割合は33%から39%に増加した.
- 州,郡,地域によって,ブプレノルフィンの利用可能性の有意な変動が観察されました.
- 低所得,黒人,ラテン系の近所にある薬局は,他の近所にある薬局と比較して,一貫してブプレノルフィンを配給する可能性が低い.
結論:
- ブプレノルフィンの配給は全体的に増加したが,地域的,社会経済的格差は依然として大きい.
- 対象を絞った介入は必要で 恵まれない地域でのブプレノルフィンの利用を 改善するものです
- オピオイド使用障害の負担を軽減するには,これらの格差に対処することが不可欠です.
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